Shloka 165

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि वंशानुकीर्तनं नाम पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vaṁśānukīrtanaṁ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, im Anuśāsana Parva—im Abschnitt über Dāna-dharma—das hundertfünfundsechzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Wamśānukīrtana“ („Rezitation der Geschlechterfolgen“).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वंशानुकीर्तनम्: recital/enumeration of lineages
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंशानुकीर्तन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the 165th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Vaṁśānukīrtana (chapter title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna (charitable giving) and identifies the chapter’s theme as vaṁśānukīrtana (genealogical recitation), which often supports dharma by grounding duties, inheritances, and social obligations in lineage and tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally announces that, within the Anuśāsana Parva and its Dāna-dharma subsection, the 165th chapter titled “Vaṁśānukīrtana” has ended—serving as a structural marker for reciters and readers.